{"id":112989,"date":"2017-09-16T13:30:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T17:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=112989"},"modified":"2017-09-16T13:47:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T17:47:34","slug":"cot-report-usd-speculators-bets-lower-again-gold-silver-bets-keep-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/09\/cot-report-usd-speculators-bets-lower-again-gold-silver-bets-keep-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: USD Speculators bets lower again. Gold & Silver bets keep growing"},"content":{"rendered":"
September 16, 2017<\/div>
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By CountingPips.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is a short summary and this week\u2019s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes.<\/p>\n

– US Dollar <\/strong>Speculators again added to USD bearish bets, lower for 4th week<\/p>\n

– WTI Crude Oil<\/strong> Speculator bets down for 5th out of 6 weeks<\/p>\n

– 10-Year Note<\/strong> Speculators bullish bets rose to back over +250,000 level<\/p>\n

– Gold<\/strong> bets keep going higher for 8th week in a row<\/p>

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– Large S&P500<\/strong> Speculators pushed bearish bets higher for 5th week<\/p>\n

– Silver<\/strong> Speculator bets once again rose for an 8th straight week<\/p>\n

– Copper<\/strong> Speculators pulled back on bets after 8 weeks of gains<\/p>\n

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Forex Speculators raised US Dollar bearish positions for 4th week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $-11.57 billion as of Tuesday<\/h3>\n

The latest data for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, showed that large traders and currency speculators added to their bearish bets for the US dollar this week.\u00a0See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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WTI Crude Oil Speculators trimmed their bullish net positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 374,480 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a slide of -7,633 contracts from the previous weekly total.\u00a0See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gold Speculators continued to push bullish bets higher this week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 254,760 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 9,462 contracts from the previous week.\u00a0See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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10-Year Note Speculators raised their bullish net positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of 251,679 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 29,873 contracts from the previous week.\u00a0See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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Large S&P500 Speculators added to bearish net positions for 5th week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of S&P 500 futures totaled a net position of -5,839 contracts. This was a decrease of -1,811 contracts from the reported data of the previous week.\u00a0See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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Silver Speculators sharply lifted bullish net positions, up for 8th week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 74,987 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a weekly gain of 10,816 contracts from the previous totals.\u00a0See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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Copper Speculators reduced bullish net positions for 1st time in 9 weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 46,614 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -2,251 contracts from the data of the previous week.\u00a0See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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Article by CountingPips.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Commitment of Traders report data is published in raw form every Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and shows the futures positions of market participants as of the previous Tuesday (data is reported 3 days behind).<\/em><\/p>\n

To learn more about this data please visit the CFTC website at http:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/MarketReports\/CommitmentsofTraders\/index.htm<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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By CountingPips.com Here is a short summary and this week\u2019s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes. – US Dollar Speculators again added to USD bearish bets, lower for 4th week – WTI Crude Oil Speculator bets down for 5th out of 6 weeks – 10-Year Note Speculators bullish bets rose to back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112989"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113015,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112989\/revisions\/113015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}